Management: Taught & Practiced

Season 1

1. Navigating the AI Shift in Management Education with Dr. Lee Bolman

   Episode 1

   Show notes

   Is generative AI fundamentally changing what it means to learn and teach organizational behavior, or are educators simply cycling through familiar ed-tech panic?

   In this episode of Management: Taught & Practiced, host Dr. Brandon Charpied sits down with author, scholar, and leadership pioneer Dr. Lee Bolman (Professor Emeritus at UMKC's Bloch School of Management, former Harvard faculty member, and co-creator of the Four-Frame Model) to explore how artificial intelligence is transforming management education.

   From replacing vulnerable low-level reading quizzes with voice-based AI tutoring bots to shifting classroom assignments from content generation to genuine personal reflection, Lee shares firsthand insights from deploying AI tools in his graduate courses. Together, Brandon and Lee discuss the ethics of AI use, why the human connection in university education remains irreplaceable, and why educators must approach new technologies with curiosity rather than knee-jerk judgment.

   Key Takeaways & Episode Highlights

   • The Evolution of the AI Teaching Assistant: Why Lee moved from standard multiple-choice reading quizzes to building "Framy" - a 24/7 interactive audio chatbot built on real-time voice models that holds 1-on-1 reading reviews with students.
   • Crutch vs. Collaborator: Framing the three stances on AI in academia: using it as an unthinking crutch, rejecting it outright out of fear, or partnering with it to augment high-level human thinking.
   • Research Synthesis and the Grind: Brandon reflects on tools like Undermind and the balance between traditional literature sifting and focusing academic effort on research design and methods.
   • Classroom Guardrails and Transparency: Practical frameworks for student AI use, including Brandon's "Golden Rule of AI" inventory and Lee’s approach to transparent citation and reflective personal writing.
   • The Global Divergence in Higher Ed: A behind-the-scenes discussion from the MOBTS International Conference in Japan highlighting stark global differences in whether institutions prioritize human teaching or pure research output.
   • Pacing Curriculum Change: Why higher education should remain steady, analytical, and intentional while technology continues its rapid initial evolution.

   Oct 13, 2026 44 min

2. What Employers Expect From Graduates in an AI-Saturated Workplace

   Episode 2

   Show notes

   Employers say they want AI-literate graduates, but what does that actually mean? In this episode, Patricia Hubbard, Head of ANZ Consulting at Gallup, and Jason Marshall, Assistant Professor of Management at Creighton University, dig into the growing space between what management programs are producing and what organizations say they need. Patricia draws on Gallup’s research to argue that the core competencies haven’t changed as much as we think, but AI is raising the bar on all of them. Jason brings the classroom perspective from a Jesuit institution where discernment now means knowing when to use AI and when to set it aside. Together they explore why the biggest gap might not be in what students know but in what they can do with it, why teaching specific tools is less important than teaching judgment, and why the next generation of graduates will be rewarded not for having the right answers but for asking better questions. The conversation closes with a direct message to management faculty everywhere about what the next cohort of graduates actually needs before they walk through the door.

   Nov 2, 2026 37 min